collapse

Example Sentences

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He was said to have "appeared reasonably stable" until he collapsed and had cardiac arrest at 21:22 BST before dying at approximately 22:20.

From BBC

Lowery and his coauthors point out that this assumption overlooked major environmental changes that occurred when ecosystems collapsed on land and in the oceans.

From Science Daily

Havana relies heavily on imported fuel for electricity generation, and the oil blockade has brought Cuba's beleaguered economy close to collapse.

From BBC

“The penny has dropped for a lot of people that this may be much more about state collapse than regime change,” said Ellie Geranmayeh, an Iran expert at the European Council on Foreign Relations.

From The Wall Street Journal

But the attack has not produced the political collapse that many of its architects predicted.

From Salon